Progressive Era

A writer who exposed corruption, poverty, and injustice in society.

Filthy, overcrowded apartments or neighborhoods in the city.

A giant corporation or a group of companies that controls an industry.

Economic system where private businesses run most industries and competition determines costs.

Laws guaranteeing a portion of lost wages to employees injured on the job.

A system where the government owns and operates a country's industry.

Powerful organizations that used illegal methods like buying votes and bribing officials to control elections.

Higher wages for immigrant workers

Better worker safety laws and fire escape regulations

The ban of all factories in New York City

The Child Labor Act and the Tenement House Act

The Civil Service Act and the Pure Food Act

The Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act

It banned the production and sale of alcoholic drinks

It allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators

It gave women the right to vote

It ended all monopolies and trusts

It required job seekers to take a test before being hired, ensuring they were qualified, not just political supporters

It established the minimum wage for children

The amendment giving African American men the right to vote

The amendment that gave women the right to vote

The amendment that banned the production and sale of alcoholic drinks (Prohibition)

Exposed the corruption and crowding in poor city tenements using photography in How the Other Half Lives

Exposed the horrors of African American lynchings in the South, calling it "our country's national crime."

Exposed the corrupt tactics of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company

Exposed horrifying scenes of child labor, especially the work of "coal breaker boys"

Invented the electric light bulb, allowing factories and cities to operate at night

Mass-produced steel cheaply, making skyscrapers possible

Used the presidency as a "bully pulpit" to challenge trusts and advocate for reform

They allowed state legislatures to appoint judges without elections

They allowed citizens to propose new laws by petition and to approve or reject laws by popular vote

They allowed political parties to choose candidates in closed meetings

They allowed the president to veto state laws more easily